Crystal View Golf Course is owned and operated by
the City of Crystal Falls and located within the city limits.

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Crystal View Golf Course - This is our local course.
Located 1/2 mile east of downtown Crystal Falls off M-69. This is a
challenging nine hole course located on the banks of the beautiful Paint River
and overlooking the City of Crystal Falls. The golf course encompasses
about 46.79 acres.

The course opens in the spring as soon as weather permits 7 days a week
with Wednesday set aside for the men and Thursday reserved for the women. Rental carts and
clubs are available. Visitors are always welcome. Crystal View Golf
Course phone: (906) 875-3029. Call City Clerk's office at (906)
875-3212 during off season for information & rates.

Serious talk of building a golf course for the Crystal Falls area was initiated
at a Rotary Club meeting in the summer of 1925. The original proposal was
for construction at the Fortune Lake Park area. The Iron River Lion's Club
joined into the act suggesting the course be built at Indian Lake, and the
Crystal Falls group countered with building at the site which would have the
lowest construction costs.

When no agreement could be reached during the winter, it was
decided to build a seven hole course at the Great Western, with McKinney Steel
Company offering the land.

In the spring of 1926, construction began on the inexpensive
course (fairways were rolled, and the greens were sand), with Mike Shiells
serving as groundskeeper.

As interest in the game continued to grow, the Rotary Club
appointed a committee consisting of E. J. Oswald, Leigh C. Caswell, L. P.
Holliday, Tom Conlin, Rev. M. Poyseur, James F. Corcoran, and others to
investigate the feasibility of locating a site close to the city for a
"real" golf course, with mowed fairways and grass greens.

In the spring of 1927, the Crystal Falls Golf Association was
incorporated for $10,000, with Harry Bradely in charge of stock sales, and the
present site was selected for construction of a new facility. Robert Bruce
Harris, of Chicago Landscape Company, designed the course, with Leigh Caswell
serving as local chairman in charge of construction. Work bees were held
in developing the course, with as many as 75 men working at one time, and their
wives serving lunch.

A committee consisting of Joe Green, Jim Sanders, and Frank
Smith, was authorized to purchase maintenance equipment such as greens and
fairway mowers, hoses, sprinklers, etc.

Finally on July 14, 1928, the new course officially opened and
golfing the first day was "on the house".

The present No. 6 hole was originally hole No. 1, and the office
was in the Western School with Norman Bjork being the first caddy master.
The course at that time was a par 34. Over the years, the lengthening of
several holes, particularly nos. 2 and 7, increased the par to 36.

There were originally 25 charter members of the Crystal Falls
Golf Club, with the yearly fee set at $25.

With the hard times of the depression years taking their toll,
the leases and personal property were accepted by the City on May 6, 1935, on a
resolution. The City also agreed to pay off the Association loan with the
Crystal Falls National Bank.

In 1954 the original clubhouse was expanded to more than twice
its size, and several small expansions were also made during the 1970's.
The fall of 1973 saw the installation of an automatic sprinkler system for the
greens and tees.

(The above information was taken from excerpts of "A
Collection of Recollections" - the Crystal Falls Centennial book)